How to Relieve a Baby's Gas

All babies experience gas and gas pains during their infancy. Excessive gassiness can be caused by exposure to gas producing foods, an underdeveloped digestive system or air bubbles that become caught in the infant's stomach. Finding relief for your baby's gas will make him a much more content baby.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Burp her often. In order to relieve and prevent gas, a baby needs to be burped during feedings. This will reduce the amount of air that becomes trapped in the stomach.

2. Consider his or your diet. If you are breastfeeding and your baby seems to get gas after you eat a particular food, you should avoid it. Once the baby begins solids, eliminate any foods that his tummy does not tolerate well.

3. Apply pressure to the stomach area. Lightly pressing on a baby's tummy can help her pass the trapped gas.

4. Work his legs. Pumping your infant's legs back and forth while he lays on his back will help him experience less gas pains.

5. Give gas relief drops. These over the counter drops contain simethicone which has been found to help treat gas pain. Mylicon is a popular manufacturer of simethicone drops.

6. Purchase an over the counter colic reliever. Brands like Colic Calm Gripe Water is an all natural remedy that many parents use to help relieve their infant's gas.

Tips & Warnings

• You should speak to your doctor about possibly switching formulas if your baby continuously suffers from gas.
• You should look into taking a class in infant massage. Infant massage has been shown to help relieve gas in babies.